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Word: understroking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...finish with Harvard, which gets great drive from its rhythmic beat of 32. Instead, Cornell surged from the stake boats with a breathless beat of 41, moved ahead like a wide-open hydroplane. Once they had the lead, Cornell's ex-jayvees coolly dropped the beat to 31, understrok-ing even Harvard. Rowing against an 18-m.p.h. wind. Cornell held on to the end of the 2,000-meter course, beating off a desperate finishing effort by Harvard. Of the favored crews. Navy was third and Pennsylvania was sixth and last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Crew | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

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